https://history.meigslibrary.org/files/original/2826fe2551d976f8124abfa4933f8d51.pdf d6464354e0a4085c858f8e4127c466cb PDF Text Text March Madness bracket An Irish tale to tell Named All-TVC Hocking INSIDE OPINION s 4 SPORTS s 8 C_ZZb[fehjFec[heo"�E^_e Breaking news at mydailysentinel.com Issue 41, Volume 72 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 s 50¢ 321 citations issued for public records violations in 2017 Eight local government entities cited Staff Report COLUMBUS — State auditors issued 321 public records-related citations to 267 public entities in calendar year 2017 — a 22 percent drop in citations from the prior year, Auditor of State Dave Yost announced as part of Sunshine Week, a nationwide initiative designed to raise awareness of the importance of open government and public records. In all, about 5.5 percent of the 4,803 ﬁnancial audits issued in 2017 included citations for noncompliance with public records-related requirements. The prior year, 8 percent of the 4,446 audits released included noncompliance citations. The majority of citations stemmed from ofﬁcials neglecting to attend state-required public records trainings, entities lacking public records policies or a failure to make the policy readily available to employees and the general public. Auditors routinely review public records practices during audits. In Meigs County, Letart Township and Salisbury Township were both cited for the availability of public records and the policies related to public records. Meigs County was cited for public records training requirements. According the report from the Auditor’s ofﬁce, the violations were as follows: Letart Township — The township did not have a records retention policy in place or a records retention schedule. Meigs County — The engineer and coroner did not attend the required training during their terms nor did they designated someone to attend on their behalf. The commissioners designated the grant coordinator but did not document this in the minutes. Salisbury Township — The township did not have a records retention policy nor a records retention schedule available to the public. In Gallia County, Greenﬁeld Township, Guyan Township, Morgan Township and the village of Centerville were cited for the availability of public records and the policies related to public records. The village of Vinton was cited for public records training requirements. According the report from the Auditor’s ofﬁce, the violations were as follows: Greenﬁeld Township — The Board of Trustees did not have a public records policy or a records retention policy in place. Guyan Township — The township has implemented a records retention schedule. However, the schedule does not include the required policy for contacting the Ohio Historical Society and the Ohio Auditor of State’s Ofﬁce for ﬁnal approval. Morgan Township — The township did not have a public records policy in place. Village of Centerville — The village did not have a public records See VIOLATIONS | 3 Syracuse Council discusses plans for London Pool Staff Report SYRACUSE — Syracuse Village Council recently met for its regularly scheduled meeting discussing plans for the London Pool. Heather Dailey-Johnson and Mike Bisham from Professional Pool Management, LLC attended the meeting offering services of the Professional Pool Management business owned by Bisham; DaileyJohnson is one of the managers. They explained they operate several pools in the area, including Ravenswood, Belpre, Vienna, and Marietta. Bishop explained he started the business to help small entities run more safely and ﬁscally responsibly and acknowledged most of the pools in the area run in the red because it is a community service, rather than a proﬁtable business, but his goal is to narrow that margin. He offered a suggestion to relocate one of the guard chairs to optimize that guard’s view of the swimming area. The health department will have to approve before it can be made, but the recommendation was appreciated. If contracted, Bisham and Dailey-Johnson explained Professional Pool Management takes all the responsibility of the hiring, payroll, inventory, concessions, and daily operation duties of the pool. The management fee is $8,500 over three installments throughout May, June, and July. Payroll is invoiced to the village, but with holdings, such as W-2s, etc., are the responsibility of the company, because the employees would work for Professional Pool Management, rather than the village. Details of their policies and admission rates were discussed. It was decided pay scales would be set by the village. Bisham said the pool’s admission rates last year were set well in line with the other pools in the area. Swimming lessons, lifeguard training, and special events were also discussed. Lifeguard training offered by the company is $200, the full amount going to the company, and swimming lessons are $40, the full amount going to the village. Council Member Nicole Sampson noted the current swim instructor has a limited schedule and age range for classes, so additional swimming lesson times and age groups would be beneﬁcial to See POOL | 5 INDEX Obituary: 2 Opinion: 4 Weather: 5 Bracket: 6-7 Sports: 8 TV: 9 Classifieds: 10 Comics: 11 Representatives from Meigs Industries and Inclusions are pictured with the Meigs County Commissioners. Recognizing abilities of those with disabilities Staff Report POMEROY — Joined by representatives from Meigs Industries and Inclusions, the Meigs County Commissioners recognized March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Established by the Ohio General Assembly on Oct. 25, 1967, March is recognized throughout the state as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The proclamation approved by the commis- What’s your take on today’s news? Go to mydailysentinel. com and visit us on facebook to share your thoughts. sioners read in part, People with developmental disabilities served by the Meigs County Board of Developmental Disabilities, their families, friends, neighbors, and co-workers encourage everyone to focus on the abilities of all people; and The most effective way to increase this awareness is through everyone’s active participation in community activities and the openness to learn and acknowledge each individual’s contribu- tion; and Policies must be developed, attitudes shaped, and opportunities offered that allow people with developmental disabilities to live as independently and productively as possible in our community; and In recognition of this important goal, the statewide theme for 2018 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month is “Celebrate Community,” and We encourage all citizens to foster and support such opportunities that include full access to education, housing, employment, and recreational activities … and offer full support to efforts that assist people with disabilities to make choices that enable them to live successful lives and realize their potential; and Furthermore, We urge all citizens to join in this celebration by spreading awareness of the many contributions offered by people with developmental disabilities in our community. Racine Council discusses potential grant projects Staff Report JOIN THE CONVERSATION Sarah Hawley | Sentinel RACINE — Racine Village Council discussed potential grant projects during its March meeting. Council approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to sign Memorandum of Understanding with ODOT to be submitted with application for a grant for the Phase 2 Sidewalk project which runs from the Oak Grove Road intersection to the Dollar General entrance. Mayor Scott Hill advised that this is the same project as submitted last year. There has been no changes in the project as earlier discussed. Any resident with questions is urged to contact the Mayor’s Ofﬁce. Council also authorized the mayor to apply for a Nature Works Grant through the Department of Natural Resources and also to apply for a block grant with the Commissioners Ofﬁce. It has been unofﬁcially announced that the village is to receive $100,000 from the Capital Budget for the splash pad at Star Mill Park. Marshal Shane Bell sent letter commending Village Administrator John Holman and Councilman Bob Beegle for responding last week to an ofﬁcer needs assistance call when he was attempting to secure an individual that was resisting during an incident on Tyree Boulevard. Council commended Holman and the village workers for “job well done” before and after the ﬂood. Council approved the ﬁnancial report and list of bills as presented by Fiscal Ofﬁcer Janet Krider. Council approved the ﬁscal ofﬁcer to get an amended certiﬁcate from the County Budget Commission to enable her to payoff Phase 2 of the water project. Councilman Chad Hub- bard reported that he had attended the annual Mayor’ Court training. It was reported Mayor’s Court collected $450 in old ﬁnes for month of February. Attending in addition to Fiscial Ofﬁcer Janet Krider and Mayor Scott Hill were council members Robert Beegle Kevin, Dugan, Chad Hubbard, Ashli Peterman, and Ian Wise. Council member Jeff Morris was absent. Council adjourned until the next regular meeting at 6:30 p.m., Monday, April 2. Information provided by councilman Robert Beegle. �OBITUARIES/NEWS 2 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 OBITUARIES ARNOLD E. PRIDDY POMEROY — Arnold E. Priddy, of Pomeroy, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at his residence. Arnold was born on Aug. 23, 1939, in Rutland, Ohio, to the late Truman and Macie (Lane) Priddy. Mr. Priddy was a member of the Silver Run Baptist Church. He was loved by many and will be missed by all who knew him. He is survived by the love of his life, Kathy Dailey; children, Donnie Priddy, Dreama (Kenny) Rawlings, Heather (David) Capehart, David (Julie) Priddy, David (Misty) Mitchell; grandchildren, Sarah, Rachel, Emily, Shalynn, Ashton, Anthany, Rebecca and Kenny; great grandchildren, LaLa, Amiee, and Azalea; brothers and sisters, Juanita Harmon, Doris Starcher, Shirley Stowe, Janet (Kenny) McCune, Junice (Wayne) Adams, Peggy (Bill) Bates, David Priddy, Sandy Starcher, Deb- bie Jenkins, and Belva (Marty) Pierce; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Jason Davis, Dee A, John Jeffers, Dave Hendricks, Richard Butcher; and special pets, Harley and Blackie. He is preceded in death by his parents; granddaughter, Amy Rawlings; sister, Vivian Slack, Frances Harmon; and seven brother-inlaws. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at 1 p.m. the Anderson McDaniel Funeral Home in Pomeroy with Pastor John Swanson ofﬁciating. Burial will follow at the Rutland Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, from 6-9 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of ﬂowers donations may be made to the funeral home to help with the expense. A registry is available at www.andersonmcdaniel.com. Daily Sentinel ROOT WATSON CROWN CITY — Sandra Root, 77, of Crown City, passed away Monday, March 12, 2018 at home. Hall Funeral Home and Crematory, Proctorville, is charge of arrangements, which are incomplete. POINT PLEASANT — Charles Olen Watson, 76, of Point Pleasant, died Monday, March 12, 2018, at Eldercare of Ripley. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. A complete obituary will appear in the Wednesday edition of the Point Pleasant Register. BURCHAM POINT PLEASANT — Bernard E. Burcham, 92, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died at the VA Hospital in Huntington, W.Va. Friday, March 9, 2018. Funeral services will be held at Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant, Saturday, March 17, 2018, at 1 p.m., with Reverend James Kelly ofﬁciating. Entombment will follow in the Rome-Proctorville Cemetery in Proctorville. Friends may visit the family at the funeral home from noon to 1 p.m. prior to the service. ENOS POINT PLEASANT — Aaron Ray Enos, 47, of Point Pleasant, W.Va., died Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant. A funeral service will be 11 a.m., Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Grace Baptist Church in Point Pleasant, with Pastor Jonathan Pinson ofﬁciating. Burial will follow at the Leon Cemetery in Leon, W.Va. Military graveside rites will be given by the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard and Mason VFW. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday, at Wilcoxen Funeral Home in Point Pleasant. CARPENTER POINT PLEASANT — Gloria A. Carpenter, 92, of Point Pleasant, died March 9, 2018. At her request, there will be no visitation. A graveside memorial service will be held at Kirkland Memorial Gardens at the convenience of the family. Deal Funeral Home in Point Pleasant is serving the family. MEIGS CHURCH CALENDAR Sunday, March 18 COMPREHENSIVE WOUND CARE IN A CARING & CONVENIENT ENVIRONMENT MIDDLEPORT — Ash Street Church, 398 Ash Street, Middleport, Ohio, will be showing the movie, “Do You Believe,” at 6 p.m. Everyone invited. THE WOUND CARE CENTER AT PLEASANT VALLEY HOSPITAL provides patients in the Point Pleasant area with quicker and more direct access to the most comprehensive wound treatments in the area. Highly-specialized care, state-of-the-ar t therapies and leading-edge wound modalities are all available close to home at Pleasant Valley Hospital. YOU MAY NEED WOUND CARE TREATMENT IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: CONDITIONS TREATED AT THE PLEASANT VALLEY HOSPITAL WOUND CARE CENTER INCLUDE: o�"SUFSJBM�EJTFBTFT o�$ISPOJD�OPO�IFBMJOH� wounds o�%JBCFUJD�GPPU�VMDFST o�&EFNB o�*TDIFNJB o�.BMJHOBODZ o�/FDSPUJD�EFCSJT o�0TUFPNZFMJUJT o�8PVOET�NPSF�UIBO�� 30 days old with failed treatments and therapies o�#VSOT o�#SPXO�3FDMVTF� spider bite o�'PPU�VMDFST associated with diabetes o�1FSJQIFSBM�WBTDVMBS� disease o�1SFTTVSF�VMDFST o�3BEJBUJPO� destruction o�4PGU�UJTTVF�JOGFDUJPO o�4VSHJDBM�XPVOET o�7FOPVT�%JTFBTFT Arthur Fine, MD, FACS OH-70027672 Marshall General Surgeon Board-Certified Wound Care Surgeon o�(BOHSFOF o�-PXFS�MFH�VMDFST o�0TUFPNZFMJUJT� o�1PTU�PQFSBUJWF� infected wounds o�1SFTTVSF�VMDFST� o�4LJO�UFBST�BOE� lacerations o�4MPX�PS�OPO�IFBMJOH� surgical wounds Gretchen Hammond, FNP-BC Whitney Watterson, FNP-BC Wound Care Nurse Practitioner Wound Care Nurse Practitioner FOOR MOREE INFOORMAATION OR TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, PLEEASE CAALLL 304.675.6098. Editor’s Note: The Daily Sentinel appreciates your input to the community calendar. To make sure items can receive proper attention, all information should be received by the newspaper at least ﬁve business days prior to an event. All coming events print on a space-available basis and in chronological order. Events can be emailed to: TDSnews@aimmediamidwest.com. Tuesday, March 13 POMEROY — Mary Taylor, Republican Party Candidate for Governor, will be at the Ewing Schwarzel Family Center at the corner of Second Street and Mechanics Street in Pomeroy at 9:30 a.m. to meet the public. POMEROY — The Meigs County Board of Health (BOH) will convene a Special Meeting at 1 p.m. on March 13, 2018, for the purpose of viewing Public Health Accreditation Board online training. 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Champlin reports on Sunday, at approximately 5:11 p.m., his ofﬁce received a report that the Bob Evans Restaurant in Rio Grande, had received several calls from an irate individual who allegedly threatened to “blow the place up.” Deputies and other agencies including the Ohio State Highway Johnson Patrol, University of Rio Grande Police Department, Rio Grande Police Department, the Rio Grande Volunteer Fire Department and the Gallia County E.M.S. responded to the scene and assisted with evacuating the building and closing off Ohio 588. Working with ofﬁcers from the Gallipolis City Police Department, a suspect was identiﬁed and was taken into custody less than one hour after the initial report, according to Champlin. Arrested was Cody Johnson, 25, of Gallipolis. “Cody was charged with Inducing Panic and he will be spending the night with us,” stated Sheriff Champlin. “We take threats like this very seriously and anyone causing panic or making threats to harm someone else will have a reservation waiting for them in the cross bar motel.” Champlin added: “I would like to thank the employees and the corporate ofﬁces of Bob Evans Restaurant for their assistance in this investigation and for ensuring their customers and staff members were safe.” Prosecutor Jason Holdren’s Ofﬁce is being consulted regarding additional charges which may be ﬁled in this case. P.O. Box 802, 19 Locust Street Gallipolis, Ohio 45631 740-441-9941; 877-545-7242 Advisory Services are provided through Creative Financial Designs, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser, and Securities are offered through cfd Investments, Inc., a Registered Broker/Dealer, Member FINRA & SIPC. Faith Investment Services is not owned or controlled by the CFD companies. lar monthly meeting will take place at 5 p.m. Both meetings will occur in the conference room of the Meigs County Health Department, which is located at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy, Ohio. CHESTER TWP. — The Chester Township trustees will be holding their regular meeting at the town hall at 6 p.m. roy Library, 11 a.m., Cookbook Club Discuss tips and tricks in the kitchen, view cookbooks, sample others’ dishes and share recipes. This month’s theme: Easter Brunch. RACINE — Pomeroy/Racine Lodge 164, Racine, annual inspection, fellowship and meal will be from 6-7 p.m. at Methodist Church beside Racine High school. OES will prepare and serve meal. Inspection will be in EA Degree and will start at 7 p.m. at lodge, SCIPIO TWP. — Scipio all Masons invited to Township Trustees regu- attend. lar monthly meeting is scheduled at 7 p.m. at the Harrisonville Fire House. SYRACUSE — Syracuse Village Finance Committee meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. at MIDDLEPORT — Syracuse Village Ofﬁces. Rick Werner and Jessica Wolfe will present “Cooking in the Village” demonstrating how to prepare a “Do-ahead Easter buffet. The demo will include a complete menu,recipes and samPOMEROY — The ple dishes. There will be Meigs County Retired a rafﬂe with a ham to be Teachers will meet at noon at the Meigs County the prize. The event will be at Riverbend Arts Senior Center in PomeCouncil, 290 N.2nd Ave., roy. Call Charlene RuthMiddleport, OH. Admiserford, 740-444-5498, at sion is $5. least two days ahead for lunch count. Guests are welcome. Beth Shaver will speak on activities and plans for the new Senior Center location. The musical entertainment will be by the Meigs LETART TWP. — The High School play cast regular meeting of the members. Letart Township TrustSYRACUSE — Syraees will be held at 5 p.m. cuse Village Pool Commit- at the Letart Township tee meeting is scheduled Building. for 11 a.m. at the London SYRACUSE — The Pool. Syracuse Village Council will be holding a special meeting to discuss projects for the Neighborhood Revitalization Grant at 7 p.m. at the Syracuse Community Center. POMEROY — Pome- Wednesday, March 14 Saturday, March 17 Thursday, March 15 Monday, March 19 Rick McDaniel Financial & Tax Advisor Staff Report MEIGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Your Tax Experts Karl Kebler III, CPA Gallipolis man charged with inducing panic Friday, March 16 �NEWS Daily Sentinel Editor’s Note: Meigs Briefs will only list event information that is open to the public and will be printed on a space-available basis. Meet and greet POMEROY — Mary Taylor, Republican Party Candidate for Governor, will be at the Ewing Schwarzel Family Center at the corner of Second Street and Mechanics Street in Pomeroy at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13 to meet the public. SR 124 culvert replacement LONG BOTTOM — A culvert replacement project begins on March 13, 2018 on State Route 124 in Meigs County. The project is taking place one mile east of State Route 248. The road will be closed in this area through March 14, 2018. Cemetery cleanup BURLINGHAM — The trustees of the Burlingham Cemetery would like to remind people that it is cleanup time at the cemetery. Please remove all ﬂowers, grave blankets and ornaments by April 1, 2018. CHESTER TWP. — The annual cemetery clean up in Chester cemeteries will take place in March. Trustees are asking that all ﬂowers and grave blankets be removed before March 15, 2018. RUTLAND TWP. — The annual Cemetery Cleanup in Rutland Township cemeteries will take place in March. Trustees ask that all ﬂowers, grave blankets and keepsakes be removed from cemeteries in Rutland Township by March 15. OLIVE TWP. — Cemetery Cleanup in Olive Township will begin May 1. Trustees are asking that all ﬂowers and grave blankets be removed by the end of April. LETART TWP. — Annual Cemeteries Cleanup in Letart Township will take place in March. Trustees are asking that all ﬂowers and grave blankets be removed by March 31, 2018. Humane Society bag sale MIDDLEPORT — The Meigs County Humane Society Thrift Shop will hold a bag sale from March 14-16. Fish fry to be held POMEROY — The K of C Council will be having a ﬁsh fry at the Sacred Heart Church in Pomeroy on March 16 and 23 from noon to 7 p.m. Preschool registration SYRACUSE — Carleton School will be conducting preschool screenings for children ages 3 and 4 on Monday, March 26, 2018. Please call Carleton School at 740-992-6681 to schedule an appointment. Immunization clinic POMEROY — The Meigs County Health Department will conduct an Immunization Clinic on Tuesday from 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. at 112 E. Memorial Drive in Pomeroy. Please bring child(ren)’s shot records. Children must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian. A $30 donation is appreciated for immunization administration; however, no one will be denied services because of an inability to pay an administration fee for statefunded childhood vaccines. Please bring medical cards and/or commercial insurance cards, if applicable. Zostavax (shingles); pneumonia and inﬂuenza vaccines are also available. Call for eligibility determination and availability or visit our website at www.meigs-health.com to see a list of accepted commercial insurances and Medicaid for adults. NA and AA meetings Narcotics Anonymous groups meet at St Peter’s Episcopal Church on Second Avenue in Gallipolis Mondays at 6 p.m., Wednesday at noon, Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at noon and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meetings also meet at the church Tuesday at 8 p.m., Wednesday at 8 p.m., Thursday at noon and Friday at 8 p.m. Violations matters, meaning citations decreased by more than 22 percent in 2017. “I can understand a From page 1 bookkeeping error — mistakes happen,” Audipolicy or records retentor Yost said. “But there’s tion policy in place. In addition, elected ofﬁcials no justiﬁcation for violating the clear law of public have not attended Ohio public records laws train- records.” “Message to public ofﬁing during their terms cials: These are not your of ofﬁce or designated another member of man- records. Do whatever it takes to comply with this agement to attend. law: Put up a sign. Post Village of Vinton — The villages’ elected ofﬁ- it on social media,” Yost said. “These are public cials have not attended Ohio public records laws records, and it is the law.” While townships reptraining during their resented 13.7 percent of terms of ofﬁce or designated another member of the 4,803 reports released in 2017, they represented management to attend. In 2016, there were 414 27.4 percent of the public record citations. Simicitations issued to 357 entities by state auditors larly, villages represented for public records-related 7.8 percent of reports, but OU Board of Trustees honored which started with freshmen who enrolled in the ATHENS, Ohio — The 2015-16 academic year, incoming freshmen have Ohio University Board costs for tuition, room of Trustees has been and meal plan, and fees nationally recognized locked at the same level for its innovative efforts for four years. to manage long-term The stability provided ﬁnancial issues, including the creation of the OHIO by this approach provides an implicit ﬁnancial Guarantee and a mechanism for funding deferred incentive for students to complete their degrees maintenance needs. on schedule. It has helped The Association of enhance retention rates Governing Boards of and proven to be a comUniversities and Colleges (AGB) will bestow petitive advantage in maintaining high interest the 2017 John W. Nason in attending the UniverAward for Board Leadsity. It also ensured that ership at its national ﬁnancial aid would mainconference in San Frantain its value throughout cisco April 22-24. AGB the four-year term. representatives will also OU was the ﬁrst in the attend a future Board of Trustees meeting to pres- state to implement such a Guarantee. Today, many ent the award. Ohio University Board other peer institutions of Trustees Chairwoman in Ohio have adopted the model, and, in the Janetta King said the summer of 2017, the Board of Trustees is Ohio General Assembly always looking for ways provided incentives for to minimize costs for students while maintain- all state institutions to ing the University’s high pursue their own tuition guarantee programs. academic standards. “Our goal is to ensure that college remains Ohio University Innovation affordable and accessible Strategy for our students without The Ohio University compromising quality Innovation Strategy was and student success. The started four years ago OHIO Guarantee helps to address the need us deliver on that comfor faculty and staff to mitment to our students work across disciplinary and their families,” boundaries to address Chairwoman King said. complex issues in higher “We continue to look for education. The initiainnovative ways to stretch tive focuses on Univerour resources as much sity-wide endeavors in as possible to provide a research, scholarship and transformative education creative activity, as well to each and every one of as yielding innovative our students.” solutions to teaching and Three of Ohio Univerinstitutional operations. sity’s initiatives were part Six areas of concentraof the honor: tion were identiﬁed and a round of grants totaling $4.5 million was created. The OHIO Guarantee Four teams received $1 Ohio University set the standard for the state million each, with the rest distributed as seed by creating a four-year money to 12 more teams. price guarantee to AthAmong the accomplishens Campus students. ments was the expansion Under the Guarantee, Submitted Story of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, which has campuses in Cleveland and Dublin along with Athens. Instruction is delivered through real-time video conferencing simultaneously to all three campuses, resulting in a dramatic increase in the number of primary physicians, which are in short supply in Ohio. This placed OHIO in position to be a transformative state-wide institution. Century Bank Ohio University has a rich, 213-year-old history of supporting excellence in higher education. That means it also has a large number of buildings and required infrastructure that were built in the early to mid-20th century, if not before. The relatively high average age of its facilities, coupled with the changing expectations and needs of incoming students, faculty researchers, programs, and staff left Ohio University with a mounting backlog of deferred maintenance, renovation demands on facilities and infrastructure, and little capital money readily available to address them. In 2014, OU’s Board of Trustees issued a taxable $250 million Century Bond and used the revenue to create a Central Bank managed by the University treasury. While Century Bonds have been used before, OU was the ﬁrst to create a Central Bank focused on using revenues to fund deferred maintenance. The principal on the bond, payable in 2114, will be paid from the earnings accumulated on a stand-alone $7 million reserve set aside from University working capital. Based on con- S Korean firm joins Ohio effort to build petrochemical plant COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. John Kasich said Monday that a major South Korean industrial plant builder has joined an effort to build a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant in eastern Ohio to take advantage of the region’s oil-and-gas boom. Kasich, a Republican, called the partnership between Seoul-based Daelim Industrial and Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical a “game-changer” for the proposed plant, which has idled in the planning stages for years. “It’s great to see these two world-class companies coming together to develop an exciting 21st Century industry that would dramatically transform Ohio,” Kasich said in a statement. Daelim, according to its website, is South Korea’s oldest construction company and an expert in petrochemical technology. The U.S. subsidiary of PTT has been working for several years with ofﬁcials from JobsOhio, Ohio’s privatized economic development ofﬁce, on a proposal to build the plant on the site of a former FirstEnergy coal-ﬁred power plant along the Ohio River in Belmont County. were responsible for 29.2 percent of citations. The entities most cited: · Townships — 13.7 percent of all reports released; 27 percent of all entities cited · Villages — 7.8 percent of all reports released; 29 percent of all entities cited · Police/Fire/EMS & Ambulance districts — 1.4 percent of all reports released; 7 percent of all entities cited · Cities — 6 percent of all reports released; 6.5 percent of all entities cited · School Districts — 16.7 percent of all reports released; 5 percent of all entities cited · Counties — 2 percent of all reports released; 4.7 percent of all entities cited · Community Schools — 7.6 percent of all reports released; 4 percent of all entities cited Both the Ohio Auditor’s ofﬁce and the Ofﬁce of the Ohio Attorney General offer public records trainings to public employees. More information about compliance requirements for Ohio’s public records laws is included in Auditor of State Bulletin 2011-006. Sunshine Week runs from March 11-17 and occurs every midMarch, coinciding with the National Freedom of Information Day on March 16. Sentinel managing editor Sarah Hawley contributed to this report. servative forecasts, the Century Bond funds will generate $1.4 billion that can be reinvested over the next 100 years in University infrastructure and facilities. With the Central Bank strategy implemented, the Board commissioned a campus-wide review of facilities and infrastructure needs over the next several decades. The result was a Comprehensive Master Plan that informs the Board’s prioritization of deferred maintenance needs and strategic growth opportunities for years into the future. Individual colleges, departments and planning units can borrow from the Central bank to complete building renovations and restoration and repay the loans with interest from operating funds at a market rate. The University’s energy facilities needs were also addressed. Two aging coal-ﬁred boilers were shut down, and today only natural gas heats the University, achieving an important milestone in the University’s Climate Action Plan and cutting the University’s carbon footprint in half. The Board’s efforts, healthy relationships with the University’s president and executive staff and valuing of shared governance have encouraged creativity and initiative among the executive staff; they have also built a lasting sense of partnership and accountability. The results have put Ohio University in a stronger position ﬁnancially and set the University up for a future of successfully ﬁlling its primary mission of creating a transformative educational experience for thousands of current and future students. AIM Media Midwest Operating, LLC (USPS 436-840) Telephone: 740-992-2155 Publishes every Sunday and Tuesday through Friday. Subscription rate is $131.61 per year. Prices are subject to change at any time. 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EOE: M/D/F/V �Opinion 4 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Daily Sentinel THEIR VIEW Country of Ireland welcomed me West Virginia-style Kissing the Blarney stone and seeing a fairy or two, were on my wish list when I visited Ireland last summer, but I never expected a West Virginiastyle welcome. My husband and I popped into a pub and upon venturing to our table, heard the live band singing John Denver’s, “West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads.” Here I was 3,500 miles from home and feeling as welcome as I Michele would at a tailgate party in the mounZirkle tain state in which I’d grown up. Contributing As I ventured from St. Steven’s columnist Green in central Dublin to the remote Ring of Kerry to the East, quaint towns and majestic shorelines streamed by like ﬂashes of postcards. From Wicklow County’s Blarney Stone that bestows eloquence on the one whose lips touch it to the Dingle Peninsula with waves no surfer would brave, my journey was ﬁlled with awe and the vague sensation that I’d been there in another time. The smell of mystery—of ancient Gaelic traditions where Nature was more than one’s environment, it was healer and refuge—surrounded me. Castles offered a peek behind the veil to a time when people used herbs from their gardens to treat ailments and trees were revered for their medicinal value as well as their ability to inspire insights to many a seeker and rhymes to many a poet. Ireland’s green pastures reminded me of West Virginia’s lush countrysides. Even the winding roads in the Celtic territory were similar to the ribbons of concrete wrapping the state that is referred to in Denver’s song as “Almost Heaven.” One of those curvaceous, Irish roads carried me into the quaint town of Enniskerry, seventeen miles south of Dublin, where I strolled the grounds of St. Patrick’s Church—not the famous cathedral—a small stone church a stone’s throw from the town square. The saint who is credited for converting the Pagan nation to Christianity must’ve had the gift of persuasive speech even though the Blarney stone tradition hadn’t yet begun. Legend has it St. Patrick explained the Godhood of the trinity by comparing it to a shamrock. Although considered one plant, it has three leaves just as the one God is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The three are equally important, just as is synchronicity of our own minds, bodies and spirits. For us to thrive, all three aspects of ourselves need to be nourished. As I ventured from The Cliffs of Moher, the setting for one of the Harry Potter ﬁlms, to the Newgrange megaliths that are older than Stonehenge, I fed all three of mine. I hiked and laughed and ate. I developed an afﬁnity for fresh ﬁgs and learned that I loved black pudding even though it isn’t pudding at all. It’s sausage with oats and pig’s blood. I also learned that the reason that the color green is associated with St. Patrick’s Day has absolutely nothing to do with the lush green hills or with the green shamrock. Green is a bitter reminder of over one million Irishmen who died during the 1840’s potato famine. Those who were starving resorted to eating grass. They died with green mouths. When I heard this, I silently thanked God that I didn’t need to eat grass. I had pig’s blood in my belly. I absorbed the views of cattle and castles and wished that those people who had perished, could’ve enjoy the bounty that now rises high on the sheep-ﬁlled hills and wheat-strewn ﬁelds. I stood hoping that before they had laid their precious, lifeless heads on the ground, green mouths gaping wide, that they had reconciled the three pieces of divinity represented by the shamrock and allowed the oneness of truth to herald them to their heaven. I felt like I was already in paradise as I chatted with locals in the many taverns along the way. I learned a bit of traditional Irish language like “Sláinte,” posted on the wall means “Good health,” and “Go n-eiri an bothar leat,” means “May the road rise up to meet you.” I’m not sure the road rose to meet me as the blessing states, but the tree branches scraping alongside my car window certainly did. The skies were wide, but the roads were so similar to the dirt roads prominent in rural Appalachia I felt it just as likely that the Mothman would swoop by as would a dragon. Even the Celtic legends of banshee, female spirits that wail at the death of a loved one, reminded me of a folktale my dad told me of a woman’s screeches heard by many a traveler on Red Lane in Mason County, W.Va. The story that echoed throughout the hills is that she and her baby had died during childbirth. If despite the creepy tales, you should get bit by the Irish bug, you may want to check out West Virginia’s own town of Ireland where the ﬁrst Irishmen to West Virginia settled and which hosts an Irish Festival every year—complete with a rock for kissing and an unique game of road bowling. See IRELAND | 5 THEIR VIEW How do Trump critics respond to success? President Trump’s critics, who include many establishment Republicans, are ﬁnding Cal themselves Thomas Contributing left with few issues columnist given the president’s recent string of successes. How difﬁcult it must have been for The New York Times, perhaps the most vehement media critic of the president (The Washington Post is a close runner-up) to have this headline on its Saturday front page: “Economy, in Sweet Spot, Adds 313,000 Jobs. It May Get Sweeter.” At the other end of the political spectrum, talk show host Rush Limbaugh described the good economic news as “The epic Trump economic turnaround,” adding, “Make no mistake: This is not some cyclical recovery. This is not a cyclical rebound. This is a policy- and conﬁdencedriven, substantive economic turnaround, and it would not have happened had Hillary Clinton been elected, and it probably wouldn’t have had if 90 percent of the Republican ﬁeld in the primaries had been elected.” Even historically stubborn black unemployment has declined. A story in The Washington Examiner noted, “Just 6.9 percent of black adults were unemployed in February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the second-lowest such ratio since the agency has been keeping track.” All stock indexes were up — way up — last Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 440 points, no doubt delighting retirees and others with stocks and mutual funds. According to Marketwatch.com, in the year since Trump’s inauguration, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32.1 percent, “the second-best of any president in the Dow’s history.” Consumer conﬁdence is the highest since 2000, according to a Conference Board Survey. The left, which has often pushed for direct talks with dictators — President Obama said he would be willing to talk with just about anybody in the pursuit of peace, including leaders of Iran — are now warning President Trump about his plans to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. The rap on the president from the establishment and other critics was his inexperience. He’s chaotic, they said, and without a policy portfolio. He doesn’t know what he is doing. Given the records of past presidents, who claimed to know what they were doing yet couldn’t, or wouldn’t, produce results like this president, Trump’s mercurial behavior may turn out not to be a bad thing. The scene at the White House last Friday was remarkable. There stood labor union leaders and members of the steel industry praising President Trump for his pledge to implement tariffs on countries that dump cheap steel in the United States, undermining U.S. steel production and, as the president said, threatening U.S. national security. How? By forcing America to buy steel (and aluminum) from countries like China and other nations that are not exactly U.S. allies. These union leaders usually vote for and contribute to Democrats. Many supported Hillary Clinton’s campaign, but to listen to them praise the president, one might think they’ve been converted. Tuesday’s special congressional election in western Pennsylvania, a steel region, may tell us something about whether the president’s tariff policy will produce votes for the Republican candidate. If the Republican wins, Democrats will have more reason to panic. Critics of the president are putting more faith in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of supposed wrongdoing by Trump and his associates during the campaign and since, as well as in a “porn star,” who claims she had sex with Trump in 2016. That’s “last gasp” stuff, the bottom of the barrel, the place where one goes when all the news is bad for your party and political positions. It is not a good time to be a Democrat, or a Republican critic of this president. More people seem to be tuning out the critics and tuning in to what growing numbers of Americans think is beginning to look great again. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com. TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2018. There are 293 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History On March 13, 1928, at least 400 people died when the San Francisquito Canyon in Southern California was inundated with water after the nearly two-year-old St. Francis Dam collapsed just before midnight the evening of March 12. On this date In 1639, New College was renamed Harvard College for clergyman John Harvard. In 1781, the seventh planet of the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by Sir William Herschel. In 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis signed a measure allowing black slaves to enlist in the Confederate States Army with the promise they would be set free. In 1901, the 23rd Presi- dent of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, died in Indianapolis at age 67. In 1925, the Tennessee General Assembly approved a bill prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution. (Gov. Austin Peay (pee) signed the measure on March 21.) In 1933, banks in the U.S. began to reopen after a “holiday” declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1947, the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe musical “Brigadoon,” about a Scottish village which magically reappears once every hundred years, opened on Broadway. In 1954, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu began during the First Indochina War as Viet Minh forces attacked French troops, who were defeated nearly two months later. In 1964, bar manager Catherine “Kitty” Genovese, 28, was stabbed to death near her Queens, THOUGHT FOR TODAY “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” — John Stuart Mill English philosopher and economist (1806-1873) New York, home; the case gained notoriety over the supposed reluctance of Genovese’s neighbors to respond to her cries for help. In 1980, Ford Motor Co. Chairman Henry Ford II announced he was stepping down, the same day a jury in Winamac, Indiana, found the company not guilty of reckless homicide in the ﬁery deaths of three young women in a Ford Pinto. In 1988, yielding to student protests, the board of trustees of Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., a liberal arts college for the hearing-impaired, chose I. King Jordan to become the school’s ﬁrst deaf president. In 1996, a gunman burst into an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and opened ﬁre, killing 16 children and one teacher before killing himself. Ten years ago: The body of Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho (POW’-loh fah-RAHJ’ rah-HOO’) was found in a shallow grave in northern Iraq, two weeks after he was kidnapped by gunmen in one of the most dramatic attacks against the country’s small Christian community. Gold hit a record, rising to $1,000 an ounce for the ﬁrst time. Bode Miller clinched the men’s overall World Cup ski title in Bormio, Italy. �NEWS/WEATHER Daily Sentinel Ireland From page 4 Ohio also hosts the Dublin Irish Festival each fall where you can hear Mike O’Malley’s world-class Irish stories, hang your heart desires on the traditional wishing tree or choose a fairy souvenir from one of the hundreds of vendors and indulge in a bite of Guinness cake. During my visit to Ireland, the fairies, if there were any, remained sequestered in the glens. I did kiss the stone that bestows eloquence on the person who ventures to do so. Had I known that the locals get a kick out of peeing on it, I contend I would’ve still dared to Pool From page 1 the community. The pool staff is paid on the 15th and 30th of each month, the payroll invoice is sent to the village ﬁve days prior, so the village can remit payment to the company prior to staff paycheck distribution. The company generally does not handle the chemical operations other than ordering and testing, but it may be possible. Bisham said he will forward a copy of the proposed contract to Fiscal Ofﬁcer Crystal Cottrill for review, and set up a time to meet Street Superintendent Dustin Butcher for a walk through of the pool to determine if the company would be willing to take over full responsibility for treating it with the necessary chemicals. Sampson explained she dropped off pool employment applications to Southern, Eastern, 2 PM 31° 37° 35° Breezy and cold today with a snow shower. Mostly cloudy tonight. High 41° / Low 27° AccuWeather.com Asthma Index™ Temperature The AccuWeather.com Asthma Index combines the effects of current air quality, pollen counts, wind, temperature, dew point, barometric pressure, and changes from past weather conditions to provide a scale showing the overall probability and severity of an asthma attack. 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 0.12 Month to date/normal 0.63/1.47 Year to date/normal 11.67/7.51 Snowfall (in inches) POLLEN & MOLD Low Moderate High Primary: elm, cedar/juniper Mold: 63 SUN & MOON Primary: cladosporium Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Low Wed. 7:42 a.m. 7:34 p.m. 6:15 a.m. 4:54 p.m. MOON PHASES New First Full Mar 17 Mar 24 Mar 31 Last Apr 8 SOLUNAR TABLE The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for ﬁsh and game. Today Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Major 9:30a 10:13a 10:56a 11:39a 12:02a 12:48a 1:38a Minor 3:18a 4:01a 4:44a 5:27a 6:13a 7:00a 7:50a Major 9:54p 10:37p 11:19p ---12:24p 1:12p 2:02p Minor 3:42p 4:25p 5:07p 5:51p 6:36p 7:23p 8:14p WEATHER HISTORY Run-off from winter snow followed by torrential rain led to massive ﬂooding on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania and New York on this date in 1936. THURSDAY Moderate High Lucasville 40/25 Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services AIR QUALITY 0 50 100 150 200 300 500 Primary pollutant: Ozone Air Quality Index: 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very unhealthy; 301-500, Hazardous. Source: Hamilton County Department of Environmental Services OHIO RIVER Levels in feet as of 7 a.m. yesterday Location Willow Island Marietta Parkersburg Belleville Racine Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington Ashland Lloyd Greenup Portsmouth Maysville Meldahl Dam Flood Stage 37 34 36 35 41 40 50 50 52 54 50 50 51 Level 12.56 19.51 22.82 12.77 12.93 25.06 12.18 28.43 35.78 12.99 24.30 35.20 25.00 Portsmouth 40/26 24-hr. Chg. -0.10 -0.26 -0.43 +0.16 +0.24 -0.61 -0.01 -0.72 -0.52 -0.12 -2.10 none -2.30 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 SATURDAY 48° 30° Mostly sunny and chilly Partly sunny, a t-storm in the p.m. 66° 44° 65° 38° Mostly cloudy, chance Mostly cloudy, chance of a little rain of a little rain Marietta 38/25 Murray City 38/24 Belpre 40/26 Athens 39/24 St. Marys 39/25 Parkersburg 39/24 Coolville 40/25 Elizabeth 40/26 Spencer 40/25 Buffalo 40/26 Milton 41/26 Clendenin 38/22 St. Albans 40/26 Huntington 40/24 NATIONAL FORECAST 110s 100s Seattle 55/43 90s 80s 70s 60s 50s 40s 30s San Francisco 20s 59/48 10s 0s -0s -10s Los Angeles 67/55 T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front MONDAY NATIONAL CITIES Ironton 41/25 Ashland 41/25 Grayson 41/25 cussed. Poole motioned to advertise in The Daily Sentinel on two Sundays for bids for both projects, setting bid fees of $100, with $75 refunded upon submission of bid and the council approved. Cunningham noted Hoffman was attending a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) meeting and commented Hoffman has secured a commitment from Home National Bank to donate $500 toward the larger ﬁre boat. Cunningham explained the need for an electrician to ﬁx ball ﬁeld lighting and electrical box issues at the tennis court, Cottrill is to contact KAL Electric. Sampson motioned to adopt Ordinance 456, “An ordinance approving, adopting and enacting American Legal Publishing’s Ohio Basic Code, 2018 edition, as the code of ordinances for the municipality of Syracuse, Ohio, and declaring an emergency,” and the council approved. SUNDAY 56° 48° Wilkesville 39/25 POMEROY Jackson 41/26 40/25 Ravenswood Rio Grande 42/27 41/27 Centerville POINT PLEASANT Ripley 37/24 GALLIPOLIS 41/27 42/26 41/27 South Shore Greenup 42/25 39/25 40 Logan 38/24 McArthur 39/24 Very High Very High Intervals of clouds and sunshine Adelphi 39/24 Chillicothe 39/24 FRIDAY 52° 28° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Waverly 39/25 Pollen: 22 24 hours ending 3 p.m. yest. 1.0 Month to date/normal 2.3/1.8 Season to date/normal 9.7/20.7 Today 7:43 a.m. 7:33 p.m. 5:37 a.m. 3:57 p.m. A bit of morning snow; cloudy, cold 0 0-2 Low; 3-4 Moderate; 5-6 High; 7-8 Very High; 9-10 Extreme (in inches) EXTENDED FORECAST WEDNESDAY were made. Cunningham asked how he was supposed to enforce the ordinance and enforcement options were discussed, resulting in further revisions of the draft. After debate, the need to streamline the existing unenforceable ordinance regarding campers, boats, and mobile homes was agreed upon. Hedges recommended separating the existing ordinance addressing campers, boats, and mobile homes into three separate parts, and focusing separately upon ﬁre hazard risk enforcement. Cunningham explained again that the previous ordinance is unenforceable because there is no penalty set within it. McCoy plans to bring a draft of an updated version which combines the camper section of the existing ordinance with the one he drafted to the next meeting. In other business, advertisement for bids for the sand and gravel storage shed and the shelter house were dis- vidual did not speak or participate. Hedges cited the Ohio Revised Code and explained that the Sunshine Law automatically deﬁnes a committee meeting attended by a fourth council member as a council meeting because a quorum would be present, a committee meeting attended by a fourth council member would have to be advertised in advance as a council meeting for the special subject, rather than just as a committee meeting to comply with the law. After discussion, Mayor Eric Cunningham requested a legal opinion from Hedges on the matter. Cottrill explained that all responses to every question she has presented to any division of the state, whether Treasurer, Auditor, or Attorney General, always include the caveat to request an opinion from the Solicitor. McCoy asked Hedges about his review of the proposed camper ordinance, Hedges had some questions and revisions 40° 31° HEALTH TODAY Precipitation The council discussed Assistant Fire Chief and former Council member Eber Pickens, Jr. and his mother Mary Pickens being in a severe automobile accident. The SVFD is holding a boot drive fundraiser for them on Saturday, March 17 from 9 a.m. to noon and a co-ed softball tournament fundraiser co-sponsored by the Syracuse Youth League and SVFD will be held Saturday, April 21, and potentially Sunday, April 22, depending upon the number of teams participating. The council also discussed a GoFundMe account (https:// www.gofundme.com/ eberandmarypickens) and a Bob Evans Community Fundraiser on March 22. Poole stated the Ohio Municipal League (OML) representative at the training he and fellow council members Barry McCoy and Tom Weaver attended said a fourth council member could attend a committee meeting of three as long as the fourth indi- 8 PM Statistics through 3 p.m. yesterday 47°/31° 55°/34° 83° in 1990 10° in 1969 U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anaid Banuelos Rodriguez and Meigs schools, the schools agreed to accept them in the ofﬁce. She said she will pick them up and will be in contact with Wahama to see if they will allow the same. Potential grants and sponsorships were also discussed. Council Member David Poole found some public pool grants available to pools with certiﬁed pool operators. Cottrill said she will forward the information to Grants Administrator Fred Hoffman. The council was informed the Syracuse Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) has old equipment that another department was interested in purchasing. Solicitor Richard Hedges said it could be donated or sold, and departments generally give each other signiﬁcant discounts. After brief discussion, Poole motioned to authorize the SVFD to sell and donate the spare equipment to other departments as they see ﬁt and the council approved. ALMANAC High/low Normal high/low Record high Record low Culinary Specialist 1st Class Brooks Johnson, left, from Middleport, Ohio, and Seaman Ali Daouk, from Miami, Fla., assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), participate in a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill aboard Landing Craft Unit (LCU) 1634. Green Bay is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperablility with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. Michele Savaunah Zirkle is a native of Meigs County, author of “Rain No Evil” and host of Life Speaks on AIR radio. Access more at soundcloud. comlifespeaks. 8 AM WEATHER Middleport Sailor serves in Japan plant my lips—communication means the world to me. I returned to the states, my mountain mamma heart singing. Both Ireland and West Virginia are almost heaven—and both conducive to balancing mind, body and spirit among the hills of green. From the feeling that I’d lived there in another lifetime to the triskelia tattoo on my forearm, Ireland made its mark on me just as distinctly as did the Appalachian roots where I grew up. May whatever road you ﬁnd yourself on, rise up to meet you. TODAY Tuesday, March 13, 2018 5 Charleston 39/24 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Montreal 33/28 Winnipeg 30/15 Billings 48/28 Minneapolis 37/24 Chicago 36/24 Denver 56/31 Kansas City 48/25 Toronto 36/25 Detroit 36/22 New York 42/32 Washington 48/31 Today Wed. Hi/Lo/W 63/41/pc 35/26/pc 53/31/pc 46/31/pc 45/28/pc 48/28/s 68/47/c 34/29/sn 39/24/sf 53/28/pc 52/25/s 36/24/pc 39/23/sf 35/24/sf 38/24/sf 65/40/pc 56/31/s 42/25/pc 36/22/sf 78/72/sh 70/46/s 38/22/sf 48/25/s 77/60/pc 59/31/s 67/55/sh 42/25/c 73/52/pc 37/24/s 48/28/c 64/46/s 42/32/sn 56/31/s 70/43/pc 44/29/pc 84/63/pc 35/24/sf 33/29/sn 47/28/s 51/28/pc 43/26/pc 69/50/pc 59/48/r 55/43/r 48/31/pc Hi/Lo/W 66/44/pc 36/26/sn 50/34/s 44/30/pc 42/27/pc 50/32/pc 53/39/sh 41/32/sf 37/28/sf 46/28/pc 65/32/pc 46/28/pc 41/32/pc 35/28/sf 38/30/c 68/50/s 70/39/pc 59/30/s 39/29/pc 80/72/sh 70/51/pc 42/31/pc 62/41/s 69/50/pc 60/39/s 65/54/c 43/36/s 72/49/s 44/25/pc 51/36/s 64/45/s 41/30/pc 64/45/s 69/38/s 40/29/pc 82/59/pc 34/26/sf 39/29/sf 44/27/pc 45/28/c 51/40/s 67/42/c 58/47/sh 50/37/r 44/30/pc EXTREMES YESTERDAY National for the 48 contiguous states Atlanta 53/31 High Low El Paso 70/47 Chihuahua 74/45 City Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Boise Boston Charleston, WV Charlotte Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dallas Denver Des Moines Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Oklahoma City Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Raleigh Richmond St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC 84° in Thermal, CA -4° in Dunkirk, MT Global Houston 70/46 Miami 73/52 Monterrey 69/55 High Low 110° in Matam, Senegal -53° in D’elind’e, Russia Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow ﬂurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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Junior Kassidy Betzing A total of six players from received her third straight allthe Ohio Valley Publishing league selection to girls squad, area were selected to the Allwhile junior Madison Fields Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division boys and girls basket- made the list for a second conball teams for the 2017-18 sea- secutive season. MHS ﬁnished son, as voted on by the coaches the year fourth in the league standings with a 6-6 mark. within the league. Junior Kelsey Brown was Meigs High School led the local honorees with four selec- the lone representative for the tions, with both the Marauders Lady Raiders, who went 0-12 and ﬁnished seventh in TVC and Lady Marauders coming Ohio play. away with two choices apiece. Betzing and Fields were River Valley High School also garnered a pick apiece between two of the 11 repeat selections from the 2016-17 All-TVC its boys and girls squads. Ohio girls squad. Also returnOf the six local selections, four are ﬁrst-time honorees on ing to the all-league team was four-time honoree Jessie Addis the All-TVC Ohio squads — bwalters@aimmediamidwest.com Bryan Walters | OVP Sports Meigs junior Zach Bartrum (15) dribbles past an Athens defender during a Jan. 19 TVC Ohio boys basketball contest at Larry R. Morrison Gymnasium in Rocksprings, Ohio. and Mary-Kate McCulloch of Nelsonville-York, three-time selection Rachel Richardson and McKena Rice of Alexander, Cassie Bentley and Darian Radabaugh of Vinton County, Laura Manderick and Emma Harter of Athens, and Sydney Spencer of Wellston. Bentley and Addis shared Most Valuable Player honors in the TVC Ohio, while Alexander’s Jeff Grinstead was named Coach of the Year. Junior Zach Bartrum and sophomore Weston Baer represented the Marauders on the All-TVC Ohio boys squad as the Maroon and Gold went 5-7 in league play while ﬁnishing See LOCALS | 9 Kevin Harvick races to his 3rd straight NASCAR Cup victory AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kevin Harvick is at his best when he’s mad, so much so that former crew chief Gil Martin used to try to rile him up during races. Harvick was running extra hot when he got to ISM Raceway after penalties for technical violations marred his victory last week at Las Vegas. When he ﬁnally cooled off Sunday afternoon, he celebrated his third straight NASCAR Cup victory and record-extending ninth at the mile oval southwest of Phoenix. “Everybody just came here mad, chip on their shoulder, wanting to do exactly what we did today,” Harvick said. “That’s the type of determination and grit that you want in a race team. There’s nothing better to be a part of than something like that. “Actions speak a whole lot louder than all the words I can say this week, tweets that you can send out. Parking that thing in victory lane is the most powerful thing, most powerful message you can send, and says the most about our organization and our team.” After saying Friday that he would jump up and down on the back of the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford if he won, Harvick simply patted the back window in a nod to social media photos of his buckled rear window in Las Vegas. “I made it very clear to pat my window and thank it for doing its job,” he said. Harvick got in front of Busch on the last series of pit stops. Busch’s team dropped the jack and had trouble with the right rear tire on the stop with 53 laps left, allowing Harvick — who pitted three laps earlier — to slip ahead. “We lost the race on pit road today,” Busch said. “But we’ve won races on pit road, too.” Harvick got around Chase Elliott — the ﬁrst car with four fresh tires after the pit stops — and took the lead with 22 laps left when Ryan Newman ﬁnally made his last stop on the sunny day after morning rain. Busch never challenged Harvick after that and ﬁnished 0.774 seconds back. “Man, it was a heck of a battle today,” Harvick crew chief Rodney Childers said. “To sit down there in the corner and watch these guys race like that was like my short track days.” Busch won the ﬁrst 75-lap stage, and brother Kurt Busch stayed on the track during a caution and won the second segment in a one-lap shootout. Stewart-Haas racing had all four drivers in the top 10 for the ﬁrst time, with Clint Bowyer ﬁnishing sixth, Aric Almirola seventh and Kurt Busch 10th. “That’s probably what I’m most proud of,” owner Tony Stewart said. Penalty details NASCAR said Wednesday that inspectors at its research and development center in North Carolina found Harvick’s Las Vegas car violated a rule requiring rear window support braces to hold the glass rigid, and another requiring the right rocker panel extension to be aluminum. Harvick was penalized the seven playoff points he earned for winning the Las Vegas race and its ﬁrst two stages. He was docked 20 regular points and the team lost 20 owners’ points. Childers was ﬁned $50,000, and car chief Robert Smith was suspended two races. Stewart said he won’t appeal the penalties. “How many appeals have you seen overturned?” he explained. Harvick regained the points lead Sunday, moving 12 ahead of Kyle Busch. And with the victory, the No. 4 was headed back to the R&D facility. See NASCAR | 9 Photos by Alex Hawley | OVP Sports Eastern senior Madison Williams (12) leads a fast break during the Lady Eagles’ victory over Wahama on Dec. 18, 2017, in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. 14 locals named All-TVC Hocking By Alex Hawley sophomore Hannah Rose represented the Lady Falcons with her ﬁrst allA total of 14 basketball league basketball honor. On the boys side, players, seven boys and Southern, Eastern and seven girls, from Gallia, South Gallia each claimed Mason and Meigs Couna pair of spots, while ties were chosen to the Wahama landed one 2017-18 All-Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Divi- player on the list. The Tornadoes — who sion basketball teams, ﬁnished tied with Belpre selected by the coaches for third, with an 11-5 from within the nineTVC Hocking record team league. On the girls side, East- — were represented by ern, Southern and South juniors Brayden Cunningham and Weston Thorla, Gallia each landed two both of whom were ﬁrstplayers on the list, while time all-league selections. Wahama had one honWith a 6-10 league oree. mark, the Eagles placed The Lady Eagles — sixth and were representwho were third in the league with a 12-4 record ed by junior Isaiah Fish and sophomore Garrett — were represented on Barringer. Both EHS repthe all-league squad by seniors Elizabeth Collins resentatives are newcomers to the all-league team. and Madison Williams. South Gallia was sevCollins has earned three enth in the league with a straight TVC Hocking honors, while this is Wil- 4-12 record and the Rebels were represented by liams’ ﬁrst league honor senior Curtis Haner and since her freshman seajunior Braxton Hardy. son. This is the ﬁrst TVC The Lady Tornadoes Hocking basketball honor and Lady Rebels split for Haner or Hardy. their regular season Wahama — the eighth series and ﬁnished tied place team with a 3-13 for sixth in the league mark — was represented with identical 4-12 for the second straight records. year by senior Noah Southern was repreLitchﬁeld. sented on the list by On the girls’ side, sophomores Baylee Wolfe Waterford’s Alli Kern and Phoenix Cleland, was named Most Valuboth of whom were ﬁrst able Player, an award she time honorees. Seniors shared with 2017 EHS Erin Evans and Aaliyah Howell represented South graduate Laura Pullins a Gallia, with Evans repeat- year ago. Lady Cats head coach Jerry Close was ing as a selection from named Coach of the Year last season. after guiding the Green Wahama ﬁnished and White to a fourth eighth in the league and ahawley@aimmediamidwest.com Southern junior Weston Thorla (4) drives past Eastern junior Isaiah Fish (22) during the Tornadoes win on Jan. 5 in Tuppers Plains, Ohio. consecutive TVC Hocking title and a 16-0 league record. The boys’ Most Valuable Player award went to Trimble senior Randy Hixson, while the Coach of the Year honor went to the Tomcats’ leader Howie Caldwell. Trimble won the TVC Hocking boys’ championship with a 13-3 record. 2017-18 All-Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division Teams Girls Basketball WATERFORD (16-0): Alli Kern***, Sr; Megan Ball**, Sr; Rachael Adams, Jr; Hannah Duff, Sr FEDERAL HOCKING (13-3): Hannah Dunfee**, Sr; Pauge Tolson, Fr; Emily Beha, Fr EASTERN (12-4): Elizabeth Collins**, Sr; Madison Williams, Sr BELPRE (11-5): Sydney Spencer, Jr; Kyna Waderker, So MILLER (8-8): Haille Joseph, So; Ashley Spencer*, So SOUTHERN (4-12): Baylee Wolfe, So; Phoenix Cleland, So SOUTH GALLIA (4-12): Erin Evans*, Sr; Aaliyah Howell, Sr WAHAMA (3-13): Hannah Rose, So TRIMBLE (1-15): Skylar Moore, Jr Most Valuable Player: Alli Kern*, Waterford Coach of the Year: Jerry Close, Waterford Boys Basketball TRIMBLE (13-3): Randy Hixson**, Sr; Max Hooper, Jr; Cameron Kittle, So; Brayden Weber, So WATERFORD (12-4): Travis Pottmeyer*, Sr; Bryce Hilverding, Sr; Peyton Stephens, Jr BELPRE (11-5): Logan Adams, So; Brandon Simoniette, So SOUTHERN (11-5): Brayden Cunningham, Jr; Weston Thorla, Jr MILLER (10-6): Carson Starlin**, Sr; Seattle Compston*, Sr EASTERN (6-10): Isaiah Fish, Jr; Garrett Barringer, So SOUTH GALLIA (4-12): Braxton Hardy, Jr; Curtis Haner, Sr WAHAMA (3-13): Noah Litchfield*, Sr FEDERAL HOCKING (2-14): Nathaniel Massie, Fr Most Valuable Player: Randy Hixson, Trimble Coach of the Year: Howie Caldwell, Trimble * — Indicates repeat selection. Alex Hawley can be reached at 740446-2342, ext. 2100. �SPORTS Daily Sentinel Virginia gets top billing for March NHL All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Tampa Bay 69 48 17 4 100 253 191 25-6-2 23-11-2 15-5-2 Boston 67 43 16 8 94 226 172 25-7-4 18-9-4 14-4-2 Toronto 69 40 22 7 87 228 197 23-8-2 17-14-5 11-6-3 Florida 66 34 25 7 75 202 207 21-9-3 13-16-4 11-5-2 Detroit 68 26 31 11 63 177 206 13-14-8 13-17-3 6-13-4 Montreal 68 25 31 12 62 173 214 16-10-8 9-21-4 10-7-5 Ottawa 67 23 33 11 57 181 233 14-14-6 9-19-5 6-11-4 Buffalo 69 22 35 12 56 165 224 10-19-5 12-16-7 10-7-3 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Pittsburgh 70 40 26 4 84 229 211 26-8-1 14-18-3 15-6-0 Washington 68 38 23 7 83 206 200 23-9-2 15-14-5 11-6-3 Philadelphia 69 35 23 11 81 203 202 17-11-6 18-12-5 9-6-5 New Jersey 69 35 26 8 78 204 208 18-14-3 17-12-5 12-9-1 Columbus 69 36 28 5 77 188 193 22-11-2 14-17-3 12-10-3 Carolina 68 30 27 11 71 181 206 16-12-6 14-15-5 8-8-5 N.Y. Islanders 69 30 29 10 70 222 245 16-12-4 14-17-6 10-9-2 N.Y. Rangers 69 30 32 7 67 195 221 18-13-4 12-19-3 7-8-3 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Nashville 68 44 14 10 98 222 173 24-7-4 20-7-6 15-4-2 Winnipeg 68 41 18 9 91 227 179 24-7-2 17-11-7 11-7-2 Minnesota 69 39 23 7 85 216 198 24-5-6 15-18-1 11-10-0 Dallas 69 38 25 6 82 198 180 24-10-3 14-15-3 11-12-0 Colorado 68 36 24 8 80 215 202 24-8-2 12-16-6 8-9-3 St. Louis 68 36 27 5 77 187 180 20-14-0 16-13-5 9-9-3 Chicago 70 30 32 8 68 199 207 17-15-3 13-17-5 7-9-2 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div Vegas 68 44 19 5 93 232 185 24-7-2 20-12-3 16-3-2 San Jose 68 36 23 9 81 198 186 20-11-3 16-12-6 16-4-3 Anaheim 69 34 23 12 80 193 189 19-9-5 15-14-7 10-6-7 Los Angeles 68 37 26 5 79 197 173 17-13-3 20-13-2 10-10-3 Calgary 70 34 26 10 78 197 206 14-16-4 20-10-6 9-7-3 Edmonton 68 30 34 4 64 193 221 16-17-2 14-17-2 13-8-0 Vancouver 69 25 35 9 59 183 225 12-17-6 13-18-3 6-13-1 Arizona 68 22 35 11 55 163 219 13-18-4 9-17-7 6-10-6 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. By Eddie Pells Home 28-5 23-12 20-10 16-15 12-22 Away 21-12 23-9 16-19 8-28 9-24 Conf 32-8 29-14 22-17 12-27 14-25 Home 19-14 20-13 19-17 13-18 15-20 Away 19-15 16-18 10-21 7-29 5-27 Conf 24-18 25-18 17-23 12-28 9-34 Home 23-12 22-11 21-14 21-14 15-18 Away 16-16 16-17 14-17 9-22 8-25 Conf 29-16 27-14 22-21 19-26 18-22 Home 25-6 17-14 23-8 14-22 13-21 Away Conf 27-8 32-8 21-14 20-20 14-21 21-19 7-24 12-33 5-27 15-27 Home 22-11 26-8 23-11 26-10 21-11 Away Conf 18-15 25-15 13-21 29-13 16-18 23-20 11-20 24-21 16-19 24-16 and others. No fewer than a dozen teams in the tournament have been named either From the top seed in in the FBI investigathe NCAA Tournament tion or in media reports — Virginia — to those that barely made it into that allege coaches and others have directed the bracket — Arizona State and Syracuse — it payments and improper feels as though everyone beneﬁts to recruits and involved in March Mad- players — thus, breaking rules that go to the ness is on the bubble core of the amateurthis year. sports code that deﬁnes College basketball is both the NCAA and the in trouble. “student-athletes” who The brackets came out Sunday, replete with make this billion-dollar business run. the usual fanfare that They range from accompanies America’s teams that made it into biggest ofﬁce pool. the tournament off the Villanova, Kansas and so-called bubble — Xavier joined Virginia as No. 1 seeds, but they, Alabama — to one of along with the other 64 the best teams in the country. Arizona, a No. contenders, will play 4 seed in the South, has against the backdrop of an investigation-riddled been roiled by a report that wiretaps caught season in which bribes and payoffs made bigger coach Sean Miller discussing a $100,000 headlines than 3s and payment to freshman layups. Deandre Ayton. Miller The tournament has strongly denied begins Tuesday with the accusation, though opening-round games the story line ﬁgures featuring a matchup of bubble teams UCLA and to follow the Wildcats through what could be a St. Bonaventure, then long run in the tournakicks into full swing ment. Thursday and Friday at The chairman of the eight sites around the NCAA selection commitcountry. tee, Bruce Rasmussen, The Final Four is has said the investigaMarch 31 and April 2 in San Antonio. Shortly tions played no part after that, a commission of the bracket-ﬁlling led by former Secretary process. And yet, it’s hard to of State Condoleezza imagine there weren’t Rice is expected to some sighs of relief in deliver recommendations from an investiga- the NCAA ofﬁces when tion triggered by an FBI some bubble teams’ probe that led to charges names were left out of last fall against assistant the ﬁeld. For instance, coaches, agents, employ- Louisville has lost its ees of apparel companies coach (Rick Pitino), Home 26-7 20-14 17-15 11-22 9-24 Away 25-9 16-15 13-21 10-24 10-25 AP SPORTS BRIEFS Associated Press NBA x-Toronto x-Boston Philadelphia New York Brooklyn W 49 46 36 24 21 L 17 21 29 43 46 Washington Miami Charlotte Orlando Atlanta W 38 36 29 20 20 L 29 31 38 47 47 Indiana Cleveland Milwaukee Detroit Chicago W 39 38 35 30 23 L 28 28 31 36 43 Houston New Orleans San Antonio Dallas Memphis W 52 38 37 21 18 L 14 28 29 46 48 Portland Minnesota Oklahoma City Denver Utah W 40 39 39 37 37 L 26 29 29 30 30 W Golden State 51 L.A. Clippers 36 L.A. Lakers 30 Sacramento 21 Phoenix 19 x-clinched playoff spot L 16 29 36 46 49 All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB L10 Str .742 — 9-1 W-8 .687 3½ 6-4 L-1 .554 12½ 6-4 W-1 .358 25½ 1-9 L-7 .313 28½ 2-8 L-1 Southeast Division Pct GB L10 Str .567 — 5-5 L-1 .537 2 6-4 W-2 .433 9 5-5 W-1 .299 18 2-8 L-4 .299 18 2-8 L-3 Central Division Pct GB L10 Str .582 — 7-3 W-2 .576 ½ 4-6 L-2 .530 3½ 3-7 W-1 .455 8½ 3-7 W-1 .348 15½ 3-7 W-1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pct GB L10 Str .788 — 9-1 W-1 .576 14 8-2 L-2 .561 15 2-8 L-2 .313 31½ 3-7 L-1 .273 34 0-10 L-17 Northwest Division Pct GB L10 Str .606 — 9-1 W-9 .574 2 5-5 W-1 .574 2 7-3 W-2 .552 3½ 6-4 W-2 .552 3½ 8-2 W-6 Pacific Division Pct GB L10 Str .761 — 7-3 L-2 .554 14 7-3 W-2 .455 20½ 7-3 W-1 .313 30 3-7 L-1 .279 32½ 1-9 L-5 Conf 28-13 22-19 14-26 10-32 13-30 Reds’ DeSclafani has another strained oblique NASCAR Top-5 finishers Chase Elliott was third, followed by Denny Hamlin and pole-sitter Martin From page 8 Truex Jr. “I needed a little bit By the numbers of forward drive there Harvick began the at the end,” Elliott said. streak at Atlanta after “I was turning pretty crashing and ﬁnishing good and just had a hard 31st in the season-opening Daytona 500. He’s the time putting the power ﬁrst to win three straight down.” Cup races since Joey Logano in 2015. Johnson’s drought Harvick broke a tie Jimmie Johnson ﬁnwith Kyle Busch with 14 ished 14th to extend NASCAR national-series his winless streak to 27 victories at the track. In races, the longest drought 31 Cup starts in Phoenix, of his career. The seventhe 42-year-old California time season champion driver has 15 top-ﬁve has four victories at Phoeﬁnishes. He has one Xﬁn- nix. ity win and four Truck victories at the track. The Up next victory also was the mileSunday, March 18, at stone 40th of Harvick’s Auto Club Speedway in Cup career. Fontana, California. Locals From page 8 ﬁfth overall. Senior Jarret McCarley was the lone Raider chosen to the all-league squad as the Silver and Black completed the year with a 3-9 league record, good enough for sixth place. There were only four repeat selections to the boys All-TVC Ohio team, with Vinton County seniors Naylan Yates and Jake Speakman making up half of that list. Junior Justin Hynes of Athens and Wellston senior Matt Simpson were the other repeat performers. Yates was named the TVC Ohio MVP, while Vinton County’s Matt Combs was a repeat choice as the league’s Coach of the Year. Tuesday, March 13, 2018 9 2017-18 All-Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division Teams Girls Basketball VINTON COUNTY (12-0): Cassie Bentley*, Sr; Erin Jones, Sr; Darian Radabaugh*, Sr; Morgan Bentley, Fr ALEXANDER (9-3): Rachel Richardson**, Jr; McKena Rice*, Jr; Kristen Taylor, Sr NELSONVILLE-YORK (9-3): Jessie Addis***, Sr; Mary-Kate McCulloch*, Jr; Haley Hurd, So MEIGS (6-6): Kassidy Betzing**, Jr; Madison Fields, Jr ATHENS (3-9): Laura Manderick*, So; Emma Harter*, Jr WELLSTON (3-9): Sydney Mulliins*, Jr; Sydney Spencer, So RIVER VALLEY (0-12): Kelsey Brown, Jr Co-Most Valuable Players: Cassie Bentley (VCHS) and Jessie Addis (NYHS) Coach of the Year: Jeff Grinstead, Alexander Boys Basketball VINTON COUNTY (10-2): Naylan Yates*, Sr; Jake Speakman*, Sr; Nevan Yates, Jr; Bryce Damron, Sr ATHENS (9-3): Logan Maxfield, Jr; Eli Chubb, Jr; Justin Hynes*, Jr ALEXANDER (8-4): Dylan Mecum, Jr; Caleb Terry, So WELLSTON (6-6): Matt Simpson*, Sr; Decota McKenzie, Sr MEIGS (5-7): Zach Bartrum, Jr; Weston Baer, So RIVER VALLEY (3-9): Jarret McCarley, Sr NELSONVILLE-YORK (1-11): Brayden Allen, Jr Most Valuable Player: Naylan Yates, Vinton County Coach of the Year: Matt Combs, Vinton County * — Indicates repeat selection. Bryan Walters can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2101. GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Anthony DeSclafani has a strained left oblique, the third year in a row that the Cincinnati Reds starter has been hurt during spring training. Manager Bryan Price said DeScalfani felt dis- athletic director (Tom Jurich) and latest national title (2013) in the culmination of scandals that have slammed that program for the better part of this decade. Given the widespread nature of this corruption, there’s at least a chance that whoever cuts down the nets in San Antonio could eventually suffer the same fate as the Cardinals. More certain is that once this party is over, change of some sort will be coming. “I don’t think it’s just going to be a little blip on the radar,” said John Tauer, the championship-winning coach at Division III St. Thomas in Minnesota, who doubles as a social psychology professor. “I think this runs deep enough and involves enough people in programs that something’s got to change.” For now, though, hoops — and there was plenty to discuss after the Big Reveal: —The region to watch is the Midwest, which is top heavy with Kansas, Duke and Michigan State, who were ranked in the top 4 in the AP preseason poll. It also features arguably the nation’s most electric player in Trae Young, who led Oklahoma in as a No. 10 seed despite going 2-8 down the stretch. Questioned by Charles Barkley during the selection show about the Sooners, Rasmussen said: “Games in Novem- ber and December count the same as games in February and March.” —Snubbed: St. Mary’s missed despite a 28-5 record. It’s only big win this season: at Gonzaga in January. … Louisville, with an RPI of 39, became the highest-rated team in that index to miss the tournament, backing the concept that the selection committee would look more heavily at other factors. … Notre Dame got no love either for its deep run into the ACC tournament or the return of its best player, Bonzie Colson. —Place to be: Try Boise. It features a possible second-round South matchup between No. 5 Kentucky and No. 4 Arizona, each of which won their conference tournaments. “I had to ask my guys, ‘How many of you know what state Boise is in?’” coach John Calipari said of the long trip his team faces. Also in Idaho are defending national runner-up Gonzaga, which would have a home-court advantage of sorts in a secondround matchup against either Ohio State or South Dakota State. —The ACC led the way with nine teams in the tournament, matching a record the everexpanding conference set last year. The SEC sent eight teams and the Big 12 sent seven. The Big Ten only sent four and the Pac-12 only had three in down years for both marquee conferences. comfort during his last spring appearance and an exam found the problem. It’s unclear how long he might be sidelined. The Reds open the season in a little over two weeks. “I say that with nothing but frustration for Anthony and our club,” Price said Sunday. “I feel bad for the kid. He worked his tail off to get ready. 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Isaiah Thomas had 20 points, nine assists and ﬁve rebounds against his former teammates as the Lakers roared away from the defending Eastern Conference champions in the second half with their exciting, energetic style under coach Luke Walton. The Lakers looked hungry, exciting and full of potential. They hope that’s attractive to James, who can be a free agent this summer. “Since Luke took over, they’ve improved every single season, I think,” said James, who had 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. “They just try to implement that ball movement, that body movement that he got when he was in Golden State.” Although nobody on either side is able to talk about it yet, this game seemed to carry added importance for both the Lakers and James, who will be at a crossroads shortly in his incredible career. Magic Johnson has spent the past year making moves — including the trade that sent Larry Nance Jr. and Jordan Clarkson to Cleveland last month — to get the Lakers into prime salarycap position to chase elite free agents this summer. The top name on that list is likely to be James, who has a player option for next year. The three-time NBA champion already has a $23 million mansion in Brentwood and a burgeoning career in entertainment production, so a move to LA could be a logical step. But James is unlikely to join a team that can’t immediately contend for championships with his addition. The Lakers’ entire season has been designed to prove their young core of Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and probably Randle could ﬁt splendidly around James, Paul George or DeMarcus Cousins — or failing that, the top free agents in the class of 2019. The Lakers’ exciting performance against Cleveland underlined that notion, for whatever it’s worth in James’ mind. “We’re just connecting at both ends, and we’re able to really establish the way that we want to play,” Randle said. “It’s been great.” And Los Angeles didn’t even show off the full scope of its young talent: Ball struggled with his shot on the way to seven assists and ﬁve points, while top scorer Ingram missed his ﬁfth straight game with a groin strain and rookie Josh Hart remained out with a broken hand. But James got an upclose look at Randle, who drew a one-on-one defensive matchup with James while the Lakers made their second-half surge. The Lakers would have to do some serious maneuvering to re-sign Randle while adding two max free agents, but it’s possible. “I had the challenge of guarding the best player in the game, so you know I loved to take that challenge and take it personally,” Randle said. “But he’s an amazing player. There’s not much you can do.” Nance had 16 points and eight rebounds, and Clarkson added four points in their ﬁrst game against the Lakers since they were traded for Thomas and Channing Frye on Feb. 8. With its sixth win in eight games overall, Los Angeles (30-36) emphatically snapped a seven-game losing streak against Cleveland. Brook Lopez scored 22 points for the Lakers, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 20. The Cavs have lost four of six after getting swept at Staples Center by the Clippers and Lakers. The Cavaliers are at Phoenix on Tuesday night. OH HELLO: With the Lakers up 16 points in the fourth quarter, Magic spent a timeout greeting James’ agent, Rich Paul, and his longtime manager, Maverick Carter, at their courtside seats. JULIUS EARNING: The Cavs were no match for Randle as the bruising forward scored 23 points in the second half. “I thought he just outtoughed us,” Cavs coach Tyronn Lue said. “He bullied us the whole night, and we had no answer for him.” Randle went 14 for 18 from the ﬁeld overall. “It was something I always knew I could do,” Randle said. “I’m not surprised, but it feels good.” I.T. PROFESSIONAL: Thomas also shone in his ﬁrst game against the Cavs since they ended their brief attempt to replace Kyrie Irving with the undersized scoring machine. Thomas’ parting with Cleveland wasn’t harmonious, and the 5-foot-9 dynamo took a few portentous looks in the direction of the Cavs’ bench — but he claimed he was only talking smack to Floyd Mayweather, his good friend sitting next to Jack Nicholson. “I don’t need to show anybody anything,” Thomas said. “They know what I can do. I only played 15 games with them, so it’s really not about showing them what I can do. The world knows what I can do.” Who could wreck brackets in March? 2015. They’re also getting hot at the right time with nine straight wins, including an impressive run through the Mountain West Tournament . In nonconference play, a win over Gonzaga is the highlight. DON’T FORGET: There are a lot of candidates at this spot. UCLA and Syracuse have ample NCAA history. St. Bonaventure and Loyola of Chicago come from tough basketball conferences. Loyola beat Florida earlier this season. can Conference this year and had close losses against several NCAA Tournament teams, Underdogs are a big including Cincinnati, part of NCAA TournaSouth Dakota State, St. ment lore and almost Bonaventure and Syraevery year a few doublecuse. Buffalo made the digit seeds make a surBig Dance in 2015 and prising run deep into the 2016, playing West Virbracket. Here are a few ginia and Miami tough of the candidates — from before falling in both No. 10 all the way to No. games. This could be 16 — that could wreck the year the Bulls ﬁnally some brackets over the break through, though next couple weeks. ﬁrst-round opponent Arizona is a difﬁcult No. 10 Providence one. Providence is a proDON’T FORGET: gram with a rich NCAA Marshall. The ThunTournament history, makdering Herd are in the ing Final Four appearNo. 12 New Mexico State NCAAs for the ﬁrst time ances in 1973 and 1987. New Mexico State since 1987 and have It also made a run to the has won 28 games this some momentum after Elite Eight in 1997 as a season, including an No. 10 seed. The Friars eye-opening victory over winning the Conference are playing some of their sixth-ranked Miami dur- USA Tournament . best basketball of the ing nonconference play. season, getting wins over The last time the Aggies No. 14 Bucknell Creighton and Xavier in were a No. 12 seed was Bucknell, which won the Big East Tournament. in 2010, when they nar- the Patriot League , had They’ve beaten some real- rowly lost to Michigan one of the biggest upsets ly good teams this year, State 70-67. in NCAA Tournament including Xavier (twice) DON’T FORGET: history when it knocked and Villanova. Davidson. The Wildcats off Kansas as a No. 14 DON’T FORGET: But- certainly have plenty seed in 2005. The Bison ler. The Bulldogs are no of momentum. They also beat Arkansas in stranger to deep runs in earned a bid thanks to the 2006 tournament the tournament, though an Atlantic 10 Tournaand last year as a No. the No. 10 seed is a little ment championship and 13 seed played West Virlow compared with recent have won eight of their ginia tough. history. past nine games. The DON’T FORGET: only loss was in triple Stephen F. Austin. The overtime to St. Bonaven- Lumberjacks knocked off No. 11 San Diego State ture. West Virginia in 2016 as The Aztecs are quite a No. 14 seed and then comfortable in the NCAA gave Notre Dame a terTournament, winning No. 13 Buffalo riﬁc game before falling games in the Big Dance The Bulls rolled in 2011, 2013, 2014 and through the Mid-Ameri- 76-75. Associated Press Help Wanted General Casey edges Woods at Innisbrook PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Right when Paul Casey felt he was a winner in the Valspar Championship, he looked up at the TV and saw a scene that was all too familiar. Tiger Woods, red shirt blazing on Sunday, holed a 45-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole at Innisbrook that pulled him to within one shot of the Casey’s lead. Moments later, Woods settled over a birdie putt from just inside 40 feet that would have forced a playoff. “I loved his putt on 17. That was amazing,” Casey said. “I thought he was going to hole the one on 18.” Not this time. Not yet. A long victory drought on the PGA Tour ended Sunday, just not the one most people — Casey included — were expecting. Casey rallied from ﬁve shots behind. He ran off three straight birdies early on the back nine, closed with a 6-under 65 and won by one shot when Patrick Reed had a 45-foot putt roll back to his feet on the 18th hole, and Woods came up a few feet short of a birdie putt on the ﬁnal hole. After Woods signed for a 1-under 70 — his ﬁrst time since August 2013 that he tied for second with all four rounds under par — he worked his way toward Casey to congratulate him on his ﬁrst PGA Tour title since the Houston Open in 2009, a span of 132 starts. “It’s the only time he’s congratulated me immediately after a victory,” Casey said. “Normally, it’s the other way around. That’s something special. Just really cool. I’m sure he was disappointed he didn’t get the victory. I actually thought he was going to win today before the round started. I thought it was just teed up beautifully for him. I said a couple times, ‘If I don’t win this thing, I actually want Tiger to win it.’ “I’m glad it’s this way.” Woods opened with a two-putt birdie to briefly tie for the lead. That was his last birdie until he revved up the raucous crowd with his long birdie on the 17th, giving him his best chance to win since his back problems began not long after his most recent victory, the Bridgestone Invitational in August 2013. 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EURZVH�MREV��SRVW�\RXU�UHVXPH��JHW�DGYLFH jobmatchohio.com �SPORTS 12 Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Kansas tops WVU 81-70 to win Big 12 tournament KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Devonte Graham ripped off the shooting sleeve he was wearing and tossed it into the crowd, then took the two-time Big 12 defensive player of the year baseline for a pullup jumper. Talk about unﬂappable. Unstoppable, too. The league’s player of the year ﬁnished with 18 points and 13 assists, most of them during the decisive second half, and Graham led ninth-ranked Kansas to an 81-70 victory over Jevon Carter and No. 18 West Virginia in the Big 12 Tournament championship game Saturday night. Malik Newman added 20 points on his way to tournament MVP, and freshman Silvio De Sousa had 16 points on 8-for-8 shooting in place of injured big man Udoka Azubuike, lifting the Jayhawks (27-7) to their 11th tournament title and a likely No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It was the second time in three years they’ve beaten West Virginia (24-10) for the championship. “We just locked on and starting plays and kept competing, and it was just fun. It was fun to be out there,” Graham said with a smile. “It helped that we were able to make shots.” Modest understatement there. The Jayhawks shot 72 percent from the ﬁeld in the second half, and 56 percent for the game, while going 15 of 27 from beyond the 3-point arc. “They have a lot of guys who can make shots,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. “Let’s be honest, all of those guys out there, if they’re not McDonald’s AllAmericans it’s because they’re from another country. They have good players and their guy can coach, you know?” Daxter Miles Jr. hit ﬁve 3s and had 25 points to lead West Virginia, which has lost the last three Big 12 title games. Sagaba Konate added 18 points while Carter, the best defender in the league, ﬁnished with 17 points and nine assists. West Virginia still has not won a postseason league tournament since the Big East in 2010. “They just did a real good job of knocking down shots,” Carter said. “Seemed like every shot they put up, it went in. When we went cold, they kept hitting.” Defense lifts Cincinnati over Houston ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Mick Cronin doesn’t have a catchy sales pitch for the stingy brand of basketball No. 8 Cincinnati played to claw its way to the top of the American Athletic Conference. Stellar defense was a big part of the team’s drive to the league’s regular-season championship. It also served the top-seeded Bearcats well while they were winning three games in three days to capture the American’s conference tournament title. Now they’ll see how far it can carry them in the NCAA Tournament. “I can sit here and tell you about the culture and try to sell you on everything that we build at Cincinnati,” Cronin said after Sunday’s 56-55 victory over No. 21 Houston in the AAC ﬁnal. Conference player of the year Gary Clark shrugged off three free throws down the stretch to put the Bearcats (304) ahead for good from the foul line with 4.3 seconds remaining. The last of his 12 rebounds provided the opportunity, with Houston’s Nura Zanna being whistled for a foul for making contact on the play. Clark ﬁnished with 20 points and the Bearcats rescued themselves for the second straight day with suffocating secondhalf defense, limiting Houston — one of the league’s best offensive teams — to 18 points on 20 percent shooting, including 0-for-10 on 3-point attempts, after VOTE NOW! 2018 Phelan M. Ebenhack | AP Cincinnati guard Jarron Cumberland (34) goes up for a shot in front of Houston guard Armoni Brooks (3) during the first half of the American Athletic Conference tournament championship game Sunday in Orlando, Fla. halftime. “You can do all the talking you want, your kids got to want to win, and they have got to be willing to do the things that go into winning that do not show up in a stat sheet, that people don’t text message them about, that’s not going to get them on ‘SportsCenter,’” Cronin said. “You have to have talent,” the Cincinnati coach added. “But you’ve also got to have guys that are willing to do the uncomfortable things that go into winning.” Cincinnati earned the AAC’s automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament with its ﬁrst conference tournament championship since winning Conference USA in 2004. The Bearcats landed the No. 2 seed in the South Regional and will face No. 15 seed Georgia State (24-10) in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday. Houston (26-7), which split a pair of games against Cincinnati during the regular season, lost CutestContest Pet layup that turned a onepoint deﬁcit into a 55-52 lead with 1:34 remaining. Kyle Washington’s 3-pointer tied the game for the ﬁnal time, setting the stage for a suspenseful ﬁnish. Houston made just 6 of 30 shots in the second half. Davis missed all four shots attempted in the second half after going 5 of 7 on 3-pointers and helping the Cougars erase an early 10-point deﬁcit to lead at the half. Gray ﬁnished 6 of 22 after scoring 33 in the Cougars’ victory over Wichita State in the semiﬁnals. His unforced error, a wild pass behind teammate Galen Robinson Jr., sailed out of bounds with 1 second left. Sampson attributed his team’s poor shooting to fatigue, noting both teams were playing their third game in three days. “I don’t care about the stats. … Writing about stats in not the story of this game,” Sampson said. 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